Chair rental: every stylist paid into their own account
Self-employed team members can connect their own Stripe account, so their clients pay them directly and the money never passes through the salon.
In a lot of UK salons the team aren't employees: they rent a chair, and what they earn is theirs. Slotora can work exactly that way. Card payments then go straight into each person's own Stripe account, and the salon never handles their money.
1. Choose who gets the money
Open Payments in the left menu. The first card is 'Who gets the money', with two choices: 'One account for the salon' (the default — every payment lands in the salon's Stripe account) and 'Each team member keeps their own takings'. Pick one and click 'Save this setup'.
Before you switch, Slotora spells out what changes and counts how many of your team aren't set up yet. Money already taken never moves: every payment records who received it. Make any refunds you need before you switch, though — a refund goes back through the account the setup points to now.
2. Everyone connects their own Stripe
- With per-person accounts on, a 'Team payment accounts' card lists everybody with a badge: 'Taking payments', 'Setup unfinished' or 'No account yet'
- Click 'Connect Stripe' next to a person to start their onboarding — Stripe then asks THEM for their own business details, ID and bank account
- When they've finished, click 'Refresh status'; Stripe's verification can take a few minutes
- You start the setup; the payouts go to that person's own bank account. An owner or admin can open a person's Stripe dashboard with 'Open Stripe dashboard' beside their name
3. A booking whose stylist isn't set up yet
- It can't take a card payment — no deposit, no QR code. Slotora refuses rather than quietly paying the salon instead
- The booking names who it's waiting on: 'Sarah has not finished her Stripe setup'
- A booking with nobody assigned can't take card either — there is genuinely no one to pay. Assign a team member first
- Cash, your own card machine and bank transfers keep working throughout, and are recorded against the person who did the work
Refunds go back the way they came
A refund goes back through the Stripe account of the person the booking is assigned to — or the salon's, in one-account mode — and you don't have to choose. That holds even if she has since switched payments off or her Stripe setup has lapsed: the client is owed the money either way. So refund before you give a paid booking to someone else, or switch between one account and per-person accounts.
What the salon still gets paid for
Gift cards and passes are sold by the salon, not by one person, so those payments still land in the salon's own Stripe account. Keep the salon connected even when every stylist is self-employed.
What we need from you
- Your choice on the Payments page: one salon account, or one per person
- From each self-employed team member, their own Stripe onboarding — completed on Stripe's own pages (business details, ID, a bank account for payouts)
- Nothing to paste into Slotora: no keys, no account numbers. We only store the connection Stripe hands back